Slipping

Watching the Packers this afternoon, I flash on my first date in the New Year of 1978, Madison, Wisconsin. Back … More

Unquieting Quiet

Quiet melodyA gentle mind daydreamingImagines pleasant lives picturedCut into silent stone definedChiseled shapes of unheard soundMolded solid that the waking … More

“Sneak Attack,” Episode 9 of my latest Lt David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery series, in now available on the Kindle Vella platform.

Now You Don’t

You were some sort of sleight-of-hand magician,and I still haven’t figured outall of the tricks you pulled, a tributeto the … More

Old Movie

I remember the theater, the old movies festival, the music, and you, the smell of popcorn filling the lobby, that … More

Love Match

Tonight a match togetherLet the game beginOur pasts have trainedUs for this momentOf truth we’re not afraidThe length of playDepends … More

A Child’s Christmas in Hawai’i

Say, 65 years ago this morningI would have been awakemuch earlier than sunrise,earlier than that time when wormsbegin to quiver … More

Slowly

Why does it always have to be his way? I finally have had it. I say, “Basically, Alex, you’re a … More

What Future?

We’re in the middle of our meeting, drinking coffee at Starbucks. “Hold up your right hand,” she says. I do. … More

Wintering Over

I would watch the lake ice break upMonstrous blocksCompeting for space as they expandedWorking against each otherConstantly shifting positionsAt night … More

Winter Too

Our love bloomed quickly A seed soaked in water and sun Our hearts tending Mighty nurture with the help of … More

Winter

Go ahead near the end and try To warm yourself in solitary winter Go burn the letters, the diaries, the … More

Awash

There’s tension in the rigid repetition of the waves tonightTheir rolling ashore like a ticking clockUnder the full moon spotlightingOur … More

Making Believe

            Earlier this year, I found out she’d passed away after a 10-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease.  That’s a hell of a … More

Night Swim

This morning I saw the trailer for a movie coming out shortly. I’m convinced that it will be the most … More

Enclosure

There is no living with us nowWhen we’re all boxedInside like thisThe walls closing outsideAnd each of us butting headsAgainst … More

Thought Time Stopped

For sure with no more counting up or downWith no key sought to wind a forward sweepOr so it seemed … More

I’m happy to say that “Blood Brothers,” Episode 5 of my latest Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery, is now available on the Amazon Vella platform.

Dream Doctor

It was the kind of dream that wakes you up.  It was the kind that won’t let you go back to … More

Ghosts

That old child watches youSees you at each instant of your lifeObserves what you becomeWhat time does to youLaughs some … More